The IDF's intelligence unit, AMAN, is warning the Netanyahu cabinet that it is rapidly running out of military options to restrain the onslaught of Palestinian violence which has led to 180 dead and nearly 30 Israeli dead. It is telling the current right-wing government that the current scenario of serial terror attacks by random individuals could rapidly … [Read more...]

I've read three separate major news developments over the past several hours. Though none appear directly related on first glance, I wonder whether there may be interesting and important connections.
The most newsworthy is Ben Caspit's report that Israel is about to get a new government. As Caspit, whose politics are moderate-Likudist admits, it's the … [Read more...]

The Who's Won't Get Fooled Again is a repository of truth and wisdom about political reality in our time. The lyrics: "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss" resonate far beyond the time in which they were written. They're suitably cynical, while upholding a virtue that somehow transcends the cynicism.
Such a perspective is perfectly suited for … [Read more...]

You'll recall a few days ago I posted a tantalizing clue from Haaretz' Amir Oren which noted that thirty years ago Israel fabricated an alleged terror provocation which it used to launch a military attack (or assassination) of its own. While I haven't been able to isolate which historical event he's referring to, given Oren's track record and journalistic … [Read more...]

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